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Fiscally conservative Republicans dismayed by the bill’s cost are preventing the measure from moving to a full vote, despite pressure from President Trump.

Fiscal hawks have repeatedly threatened to bring down their party’s agenda out of debt fears, only to back down after pressure from party leaders.

Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into elections.

Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was made to kneel overnight, denied bathroom access and confined in an overcrowded cell with no windows, his lawyers say.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been noticeably absent from view, while grooming his teenage son for the future.

For high-stakes plots like an effort to kill President Trump, Iran has turned to common criminals, raising questions about its capabilities inside the U.S.